Coffee Companion (5/6): Orioles move up on off day

Morgan State defensive back Joe Ranking intercepts a pass and returns it for a touchdown.

Morgan State defensive back Joe Ranking intercepts a pass and returns it for a touchdown.

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Arkansas FB Kiero Small highlights.

Arkansas FB Kiero Small highlights.

Jon MeoliThe Baltimore Sun

With no Orioles game and something of a dead period of sports occurring in our fair city, maybe you don't know where to look for your morning reads. That's why blogger Jon Meoli writes the Coffee Companion, where Monday through Friday, he will compile the top local sports news.

- It doesn’t have the ring to it that Bullets Fever does, but it appears to be real. The Wizards won a 102-96 game over Indiana to take a 1-0 series lead yesterday, while the Clippers blew out Oklahoma City to kick that series off.

- The Los Angeles Kings, who lost their first three games of the playoffs and were on the brink of elimination, have now won six straight after a 3-1 victory over the Ducks. The Rangers were punchless in a 2-0 loss to Pittsburgh.